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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1909
Page
4
An advertisement promotes a policy from the Texas Mutual Life Insurance Association offering One Thousand Dollars of life insurance plus a bank account. For $40 yearly, the plan pays $40.85 at the end of year four and then $40.85 each year thereafter as long as $30 is paid annually after year four.
Southland university Elder A. W. Young of Sunset will give a lecture titled The Inspiration of the Bible at the Pearl Street Church of Christ chapel tonight. The talk aims to strengthen believers and sway skeptics by examining internal and external evidences and historic scientific verification. Admission is free and services start at 7 15.
To loan on farm lands only 7 per cent interest. Denton Trust Company announces terms via A. P. Duggan.
Attorney Orus O. Ross of Pilot Point visited yesterday. Dr. Copenhaver of Aubrey attended the Denton County Medical society meeting. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Brown of Aubrey were here Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Forrester of Bolivar are visiting L. B. Forrester and relatives. Elder F. L. Young will depart Friday for Amarillo for a fifteen day meeting. Miss Ophal Young left for Grand Falls to resume school. Miss Vera Young left for Corinth to teach. Miss Lula Killian returned from Dalhart. Misses Miller and Adams of Krum are guests of J. R. Christal family. Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Paschall visiting brother in Atoka. J. W. Johnson and family moving to Aspermont in Stonewall County.
An advertisement from Pron’t er Asthma Company claims a trial treatment cures asthma. The notice lists a Buffalo New York address in room 702 and urges readers to request full information about the product.
P. C. Withers reports John Withers is much improved after an accidental leg wound. The injured man lies in a San Antonio hospital for treatment.
Elder James Hawk longtime Denton County resident and Civil War shoe maker died Tuesday at his son Joe Hawks home southeast of Denton. He was father of eleven, with funeral at Chinn's Chapel at 2 pm Monday conducted by Elder F L Young of the Pearl Street Church of Christ.
An agent for the National Steam Laundry of Sherman advertises for reliable work with best rates. The headquarters are listed at Cox and Crain racket store on the north side square, near 120tfe B. F. Million.
Local drug store Minnis Drug Store advertises the Waterman Ideal fountain pen for sale. Consumer details and pricing are shown, inviting buyers to visit the shop for purchase.
Street car service resumed about dark Monday night after several days of interruption caused by damage to the piston head in the power plant. Supplies to remedy the damage were delayed and arrived only Monday. The usual schedules will be observed.
An old newspaper item touts Minnis Drug Store for quality prescription work. It also advertises Allen's Foot Ease for shoe fit and comfort with sample offer. Separate notes report Clint Goodall jailed on gaming charges and others released on bond. It ends with Foley's Kidney Remedy from Garrison & Kimmins for kidney and bladder issues.
Classified readers learn furnished room rentals are easily found through the Record and Chronicle want ads. Short notices highlight availability and proximity, guiding tenants to local listings.
Col Sam Hawkins ton, inspector for prisons and convict camps, argues conditions improved and in best shape in state history. He cites isolated abuses, says guards earning $30 monthly and that reforms include better treatment and a move toward manual training. criticizes sensational reports as overstated.
Mr and Mrs L A Dickey renewed their vows after a nine year divorce and nine years apart. Squire Wm McCormick joined in a ceremony at the courthouse on Monday. He is over sixty and she over fifty as they resumed the life they had left.
The Mothers' club will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 with Mrs. W. C. Edwards. The program includes a reading by Mrs. Sam Allison a story by Miss Sowell and a table talk led by Mrs. Waldo Blewett. A contest and social hour close the evening.
The Cooper Creek Reading Circle hosted Prof. J. B. Moore for a December 26 program to raise funds for the local library. Moore read Little Sam and the American Eagle, eliciting tears and laughter, with a successful box supper raised 19.05 dollars to add to about 75 to 80 existing volumes.
Mrs. Louie Coffman, formerly Miss Barne, was found dead in bed near Melissa Texas early Monday with a self inflicted shot wound. Her husband a former constable claimed she tried to kill him first and then shot herself. he was arrested and jailed in McKinney.
Mrs Jeanette Robinson Murphy charms audience with Southern manners and humor in a Vermont event at the Hotel Vendome in Boston. She introduces songs with stories, weaving nostalgia and pathos to evoke old time Southern life.
Mrs Jeannette Robinson Murphy dramatic soprano offers songs and folk lore from many nations at the College of Industrial Arts Tuesday evening January 5. Single admission 35 cents course tickets three numbers 75 cents Record and Chronicle and Mc Clure's Magazine priced at two dollars.
A. A. Anderson offers harness and shoe repair services with top quality harness oil and best market grade. Special attention given to rubber heels and good buggy whips.
The trustees sale of 267 acres known as the Ben Beverly farm eight miles northwest of the city saw Crow Wright purchase the tract for 6160 after bidding started at 150. Wright held part of the land’s indebtedness. Other bidders included H Smoot and Johnsoun.
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